A.R.V. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04830574 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees400600

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-12-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-10-16
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    VICKERY, David Thomas appointed
    director
  7. 2023-10-16
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    VICKERY, Stephen John appointed
    director
  8. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2021-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-07-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-07-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-07-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2003-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As A.R.V. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING LIMITED
  20. 2003-07-11
    ➕
    VICKERY, Anita Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-07-11
    ➕
    VICKERY, Andrew Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2003-07-11
    ➕
    VICKERY, Anita Jane appointed
    director
  23. 2003-07-11
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-07-11
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-07-11
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-07-11
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — VICKERY, David Thomas (same surname) appointed 2023-10-16. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Vickery Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Vickery Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A.R.V. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · 04830574

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Vickery Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2021
Mr Andrew Richard Vickery
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting11/07/2016
Mrs Anita Jane Vickery
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Five Acres
Leigh
Sherborne
DT9 6JB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

VICKERY, Anita Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VICKERY, Andrew Richard→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-07-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VICKERY, Anita Jane→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-07-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VICKERY, David Thomas→
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VICKERY, Stephen John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-11 · resigned 2003-07-11
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-11 · resigned 2003-07-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18